Facebook Ruins Lives

Is your online life affecting your real life?

A common phrase in the CosmoGirl office that comes up during meetings and conversations is "Facebook ruins lives." It's this website that drives people crazy and starts fights between couples when one's relationship status is inaccurate or questionable pictures appear online.

Breaking up with someone, or having a new crush can turn you into a stalker. We ALL do it, and you know its true. As much we'd like to say "I check Facebook, like…once a day" or "No, I didn't see what that girl wrote on his wall," it's just not true. When we are trying to get over someone, we step into creeper territory and obsessively check his/her Facebook more than we can admit.

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We've all heard it over and over again: "Be careful what you put online!" "Make your profile private!" I didn't know how true this was until my editors told me that every intern's Facebook had been screened before they had been hired!

The fellow interns and I have talked about how we have to un-friend ex-boyfriends for our own benefit and be careful of what we post online. We all know people (and sometimes are the ones) who complain that his status still says "single" and that his ex-girlfriend wrote a flirty of a message on his wall.

Of course, people rarely admit to this. Technology is a great thing, but before we had Facebook and MySpace, we never could check up on people 24/7. We relied on waiting for phone calls or bumping into people. Additionally, our pictures taken of us never inhibited us from landing jobs.

Tell me, are we so obsessed with our computers that it makes it nearly impossible to get over someone? Is Facebook another means of communication or just a stalking device? What do you think?